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I. PATENT@ JUL' '5 1870 @lie direi @illllw -ALBERT M. NEWLAND, 0E OLIVET, MICHIGAN.`

Letters Patent No. 104,983, dated July 5, 1870.

PVEMEN T IN COMBINED CART, WHEELBARRW. AND TURNIP-DRILL.

i-or. :che Schedule referred to in liano bottom Patent and making part of the sama.

To ci? whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, iL-nner M, Nemmeno, of'li-l ret, in the county of Eaton and @tete of Michigan, have invented a new .and useful Improvement in Combined 1J-art, Wheelbarrow, and Turnip-Drill; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, endexect description thereof, which will enable others ehiiied in the art to make and use the reference being had to the accompanying drawing itin-ming a part oi this specification, in. which?- hignre i is a detail veri' longitudinal section of my improved mechine.

,foire is a flete-il sxle hen adjusted vas a wneelbcrrow.

h'igure 3 is e. top View ot' the same, )flirt coing broker. away' to show the construction.

Similar iet-ters ci' reference indicate correspomiing parts. I

My invention has for its object to furnish e. sin-,ple and contes nachine, which shall he so constructed, 'and errang Z1t it may he easily and quickly adjusted for nso es hemd-cart;wher fron', criurnip-- drill; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various or" the machine, fis hereinafter more fully described.

A are the hars of the :nf-i' ports of which are connected upon the rear ends of which l by which the machine is propoli` s.,

G are the standards or legs of the machine, the upper ends of which are attachcdt the rear parts of the sidelhars A, and the'lower ends of which alc' attached to the lower or rear ends of the curved braces D, the upper or forward ends of which are attached to the The for ward he handles forward ends of the side .bars A.

E are the wheels, two o'i which are nsed,and which revoive upon the axle ll, the endsof which are at- 'tached tothe brace-bars l) in such positions that the' wheels E revolve beneath the forward part ofthe frame A' B, thus bringing the load more directly over the wheels,- end causing the propelling power" to be applied more nearly in a horizontal direction than when the wheelbarrcw is constructed in the ordinary manner.

The axle F is slightly raised in its center, as shown in fig. 2, and to its central part are attached the lower ends ofthe brace-bars or rods G, 'the upper ends of' which are attached to the crossbars B of the frame A B, as shown in fig. 3.v

axle l, the machine becomes a hand-cart.

By securing the wheels E to the middle and slightly inclined parts of the said axle By securing the wheels 'E to the outer paris of they the rims of the said wheels E will be brought close toni; View of the Wheels and egrooved the seed-hoppers L.

F, the lower parts of gether, whiletizeiil oser parts wili he spread somewhat apart, and the inhchine becomes a wheelbari'o'w. 1

tachably pivoted to the lower parts of the inner sides of the standards or legs Oby means of screws or hom as shown in 5g. l.' y

The bars or arms I, extend aiongthe inner sides of the brace-'oars D, `and their forward ends projecto ylittle in front ofthe wheels E.

To the inner sides of the forward ends of the bars are attached the upper ends of the shoes J, which are curved downward and rearward, to correspond somewhatwith the curve of the lower ends are so formed es to merk the ground to receive the seed.

Theshocsl arepnede hollow, to serve as conductorsplints-to conduct-,the seed to the ground- To the ripper' endsjofith'e shoes J, are att-ached plates K, in thc grooves of which slide the I In tho plaies E and bottomsof the hoppers L' are formed holes, softhat when the hole in the bottom of the hoppcrs comes over thc hole in thegrooved plates K, a few hemels of the seed may drop through into the hollow'oi the shoes J, through which it passes to the ground.-

M is a spring lever, which passes throughst'aples or keepers attached to the upper sides of the bars I, as' shown in figs. l and 3, so that when the middle parts of -the spring levers' M aro inored laterally, the end parts of' the said spring levers will also be moved at the same time laterally in the opposite direction.

The forward parts of the spring; leversM pass through keepers,l attached 'to the hoppers L, so that the said hoppers'j'will be moved and withthe levcrsM, to agitate theseed and cause itv to pass .out freely, and c few kernels at a time.

Upon the inner` side of the middle part of each QE the spring levers M is formed a curved projection, fm',

as shownin iig. so that it may be strnclnand the said levers operated to oscillate t-hc hoppers as the machine is drawn forward, by t-hc spokes of the wheels E, ae shown in fig. 3. f

The seeds are'pressed-down into the ground by the wheelsfE, which follow themarks made by the shoes J.

When it is desired to drawvthe machine, when drop- .ping the seed, the shoes .I and their attached hoppers are detached from the forward ends of the bars I, are exchanged, reversed, and attached to the inner sides of the bars I in the rear ofthe wheels E, the hoppers L being, inthis case, connected with the rearends of the spring levers M.

wheels E, and their .so that the plants maybe cultivated with a horse, the

1n ease it is desired to plant the rows wider apart,

and described and for the purposes setforth.

2. The axle 11, benl; upward at its center, and provided with the notches, whereby the Wheels E may be adjustably secured on said axle, and thus arranged together o1' apart, as shown and described, for the pui poses specified. l

3. The combination of the pivotcd bars I, hollow shoes J, hoppers L, and springleversM m', with eaeh other, and with the frame A B C D, wheels E, and axle F, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT M. NRV/LAND.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. KEYES, H. HERPJCK. 

